Moon

The moon is a handless clock,
patiently waiting for the sun!

It is the soul that keeps us awake,
on endless sleepless nights!

The moon is a face with a constant smile,
harnessing us the minute we close our eyes!

It is the juicy guava,
pouring it's sweetness into our dreams!

Or, is it a hairband thrown from a little girls' head?

Of all the things moon can be, 
these are a few possibilities!!

Dear Mind ,

My name is ‘Chicken Burger ’, I was born in a storage room in Kentucky . I have no parents,but many many siblings! Right now there are two tight things clamping on my waist . In Front of me ,I see a deep dark cave with really sharp white rocks on the top and bottom.

Oh,Man!! I am inside the cave ,and it is extremely slippery--there is a clear goo all over me,aagh :(.

I think I’m stuck in here,except for my hands.

Aaaah, I think this saliva which means those white things are ….ohhh,No...human  teeth!!!!

My left hand just ripped off!I’m getting smaller every second and this saliva stuff is making me mushy. But, I’m still quite big;I wonder how I’m going to fit down that long pipe thing.

Now I get it, this tongue ‘thing’  is slapping me in the face..I feel quite different,as if I have turned much smaller!

“Hey,what are you doing to me ? ? This kinda hurts! ”  (understatement,hurts like crazy!!)

“Oh! I’m making you into a bolus.”

“A Whaaat??”

“A bolus, it’s a small palette formed by the food.”

“Are you..calling me FOOD??”

“Ummm, yeah. ”

Woah!(Sarcasm)This tongue-a-majig just pushed me down the long pipe. Ugh, whatever! like I care!

Oooh,there are two passageways--how come I’m not allowed to go down this one? Anyways...I’m down one of these  long pipe things,called Esophagus. It’s walls have some pretty big muscles. 

Let me have a look at mine…,ohh--ya I don’t have my hands,got chewed up by some Human!

These muscles are pushing  me in rhythmic wave of movements,There is something written on it’s walls “ Burger King was here! ” Smiley! This process is called Peristalsis.

Aaah!This new place is nice & comfy. It reeks a little bit but it’s warm and feels like I am sitting in a jacuzzi. I know what it  is called,it is either a stamoch,or a stomach. It  looks like a sac. There’s some slime on the walls. Hmmm...I wonder what it is.Right now I’m more concerned on why I’m getting smaller and smaller..

“Hey Mister , What are YOU?? Who are you talking to ??”

“Well,I’m pepsin . ”

“And I’m Happy Clap Along ..:),just kidding..I’m Hydro Chloric Acid. ”

“Okkk..what are YOU doing to ME ?? ”

“Well...Pepsin here begins the breakdown of your protein molecules While I…, kill bacteria and make it the right acidic levels for pepsin to function properly . ”

“ohhokk..now, that explains it all.I will just rest for sometime now, I am too sleepy….(yaaawn)”

I’m getting pushed out of the stomach now, and what is that thing with a smaller version of stomach on it? Do I hear a song??

“I’m the liver , lalalalalaaa, you’re the gall bladderrr….”

Did he just call me ‘Gall Bladder’? What’s that supposed to be?

“OOh Yeahhhh,’m the GALL BLADDERRRR!! tralallalalalalla…”

Note to self:  this horribly squeaky sack thing is the Gall Bladder..,no wonder,ugh!

I’m getting tinier and tickled by these little round things.Most of my mush is going through this.

“Mind your own mushness, mister!”

“Whaat?? why on Mt.Burg is this thing talking to ME??”

“Calm down, Buddy! I’m just taking your fully digested parts and absorbing it into blood.”

“ Waaaitt!!I’m not done,may I ask what are you? You are tickling me out of my wits!!”

“I’m finger like structures called villi. I contain the capillaries which absorb your minerals,amino acids,vitamins and glucose while my lacteal absorbs your fat.”

“ If you are trying to call me FAT ,then let me just tell you…..MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS!! ”

“Noo...I’m not, you’ve misunderstood me…”

“The guts of some people!! Unbelievable!!” (smirk)

As I move along, I see another sign by ‘Burger King’, it read “You are now exiting the small intestine. You may not be a big fan of the next stop--the large intestine !!”

I’m getting so fed up, and a teensy bit scared..:((

Eewww!!This place reeks and now from being mushy and soft,this large intestine has absorbed all my water. Boy, am I disappearing fast or what?? There are some of the remains of my planty cellulose. I don’t know what I feel but it doesn’t fit under the category of good.

I think my whatever I am is going to burst…

“What am I ,big bowl thing??”

“My dear friend, you are a semi solid mass called faeces…”

“What’s with this ‘ My dear friend ’ stuff?  I barely know you and you haven’t answered my question--WHAT are YOU ?”

“ Sorry for insulting you, Well….I have 2 parts: First,the Rectum and next the Anus  .”

“ Umm...thankx! ” --some people things are weird!

Oh my GODDD!! I see light!! Finally, I am freeeee….

UGGHHH..it is soo hard to push out from here! I’m Out.....Finally!!!

Now, what is this Bowl thing?? What was that sound?? Aaaaahhhh, why am I going in circles???  helppppp….

hey, Wait--what’s written here ??

 “ Burger king was here, you are in the toilet bowl. PEACE OUT!!

The Dilemma

 It’s only been my first week in 6 C, I barely know anyone ….except of course, Linda. “ Everyone “ knows Linda , she is annoying times a hundred thousand !!  How I wish she could just be quiet , at least for a  minute!For sure, she doesn’t really know what “taking turns “ mean.Every question the teacher hurls at us  has answers coming cascading out of her mouth! She’s  like a waterfall that flows down thousands of boring tidbits that no one really knows about.I can even see smarty pants Willy Thompson falling asleep.  To top it all ,Linda is my bench partner this year, someone save me !



“Trrriiingggg” , it’s snack break !!

I rushed out of class and made a desperate attempt to find Jade ,Merlyn and Janet. Hmm...Wonder why I got moved to section C. I should have listened to Mrs.Harlington and talked a little less with my “girl gang”  last year.

“Amy!” someone screamed. Merlyn and Jade were waving their hands at me from the other end of the hall. I ran toward them.

“I was looking everywhere for you guys” ,I said breathing heavily.

“Heard you are stuck with Linda” Said Jade half jokingly and half sympathetically.

“Gladly!”,I replied rather sarcastically. Janet who was munching away on her tacos gave me a thumbs down with a mean smirk . That girl never understands sarcasm!

Couple more weeks passed by, school got tougher and tougher….especially Physics! It never made sense to me why “Hook’s Law” was so important, nor the reason to solve

distance -time equations.

Suddenly, there was an amused scream from my bench, practically in my ear!! It was Linda .

“Amy, I solved the challenge question !!” she yelled pointing to the book  at hand. “ Physics In Your Eyes ” .

“Linda! Leave me out of your eccentricity,I have work 
to do .”  I don’t know what came over me , I snapped at her loudly . 

That second, my entire class went quiet. I looked up. 

The strict Mrs. Whitaker was by the door scrutinizing the class. I dug my head into my art book,as if solving a “Speed-time” graph. Linda sniggered;I evil eyed her.

Winter break was indeed a big relief , daddy took us skiing . I spent my whole week drinking hot-chocolate,I can survive only on them!!

On the way back from skiing , I was listening to my favorite “Sara Bareilles” songs when suddenly from nowhere mom popped this question at me .

“ How well do you know Linda?”  .

“Which Linda?” I vexed at being disturbed .

“The one in your class. ” Mom grunted at my attitude.

I was taken aback for a moment. “Err...mom, how do you know her?” I mumbled scratching my head.

“You should treat people well, Amy. “ mom said in a rather monotonous tone.

She knew the whole incident, but how???Luckily,  my hair hid my face which was resting on my hands. I could hide my embarrassment .

“Why did you misbehave with her?” mom was in no mood to let go.

“She is the most annoying person in this universe!!” I replied putting my ear plugs back on. I was in no mood to explain. But, the look in mom’s eyes warned me to behave. I took my plugs off...and listened.

“Amy, Linda lives in a foster home with eight other children.I meet her foster family as part of my work. She had to deal with a lot in life, so be kind to her. ” she said sympathetically.

“Whaat??” my heart sank,my head spun like a thousand whirlwinds. Everyone bullied her as if she was invisible. I should have thought;she had feelings too!!

Guilt engulfed me,I could not wait to make everything right.

It was the first day after winter break, my heart was beating fast;I wanted to apologise to Linda.

Jade ,Merlyn and Janet were waiting for me by the cafeteria.

I could not keep this  a secret from them,I blurted it all out .

BUT, they thought I was going crazy.

“It serves her right”, said Jade.

“What’s up with you , Amy ?” smirked Janet.

“Do you want the whole of Grade 6 to laugh at you?” said Merlyn knocking my head as if to open some closed door that would bring sense to me.

They decided to stay out of it, my friends thought I lost it.

I felt all alone, my bff’s did not share my feelings! For a second,I doubted my intentions too.

Maybe ,I should stay out of it…

May be, My friends were right…

My thoughts walked me back to my classroom. I was startled by a shriek from the classroom.  It was Linda, few frogs were jumping out of her book bag onto our bench,her books were scattered all over the floor.

I could see that Linda was trying hard not to cry, she stood there frozen.Tears swelled up her eyes.

I could not take it anymore . I knew who must have done this . I dragged all my courage out and yelled at the class bully ,looking her in the eye. 

“Zoe, you better apologize!” . Zoe looked startled, no one ever had the courage to stand up to her. She took a whole minute to digest the entire situation before walking away .

I slowly walked to Linda who was staring at me in disbelief.

“let me help you with your books”, I said holding my hand out to her.

The smile on her face told me that for once ,I did the right thing!!